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TRIPwire, 31 January 2023
On 26 January 2023, Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) troopers responded to a gas transmission facility in Fallowfield Township after an IED was found wedged into the door of an industrial gas pipe. No further device details have been released. The FBI and PSP Hazardous Device and Explosives Section technicians responded to assist and removed the device. The investigation is ongoing.
TRIPwire, 11 January 2023
TRIPwire, 23 December 2022
TRIPwire, 21 December 2022
On 20 December 2022, at approximately 1600 hours local time, local police and Bethlehem Fire Department Bomb Squad technicians responded to a Northampton Borough home after receiving a call from a resident after her husband crashed his vehicle into their home and was carrying explosives, described as two sticks of homemade dynamite. The suspect was arrested, and the investigation is ongoing.
TRIPwire, 21 December 2022
On 19 December 2022, Huntington Police Department officers arrested a 58-year-old suspect after co-workers found a suspected pipe bomb on his workstation at a steel company in Cabell County. According to authorities, the suspect made several threats to other employees after becoming disgruntled following a 16 December talk with his supervisor. No further device details have been released. The suspect was charged with making terroristic threats, and the investigation is ongoing.
TRIPwire, 23 November 2022
On 21 November 2022, at approximately 0410 hours local time, The Maryland Office of the State Fire Marshal responded after the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses facility in Salisbury was targeted with an improvised incendiary device (IID), prompting a fire that was confined to the outside door frame. No further device details have been released. The fire burned itself out and no injuries were reported. The investigation is ongoing.
TRIPwire, 18 November 2022
On 11 November 2022, at approximately 2159 hours local time, Ridley Township Police Department (RTPD) officers responded to Sellers Avenue in Ridley Park after a roadside IED was functioned. No further device details have been released, and no injuries were reported. Delaware County CID Detectives, ATF agents, and the Montgomery County Explosives Unit responded to assist. Authorities conducted a search of the area, and no secondary devices were discovered. On 17 November, RTPD announced the arrest of two suspects in connection with the explosion.
TRIPwire, 16 November 2022
On 14 November 2022, at approximately 1400 hours local time, Carbondale Police Department (CPD) officers, a Lackawanna County SWAT team, and Scranton Police Department Bomb Unit raided a residence in Simpson and recovered 13 IEDs, bomb-making material (BMM), and marijuana from the house. No further details about the IEDs or BMM have been released. A male suspect was arrested and is facing several charges including possession of explosive or incendiary materials or devices. The incident remains under investigation.
TRIPwire, 14 November 2022
TRIPwire, 6 October 2022